Call them, the reverse-refugees. That’s why Amber Brugnoli wasn’t joking. She wasn’t exaggerating, either, even if she was speaking for effect. “You can’t get to Russia or Ukraine right now,” the WVU global affairs officer said Thursday afternoon from her office at ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke to members of the West Virginia press Thursday about her recent trip to Germany and Poland and her meeting with Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Capito was one of 10 senators from both parties to meet military leaders and German ...
by Trudy Rubin I still don’t know if Alina has made it out of Mariupol, or whether she is alive. When Russian bombs pummeled the Ukrainian city three weeks ago, I lost contact with my smart, resourceful, young translator. After the bombs fell, the city lost electricity and was cut ...
by Sara L. Ochs Two years ago, the U.S. government treated the International Criminal Court like an enemy of the state. Now, the ICC may be the only way to ensure justice for Russia’s war crimes. On Feb. 28, the court’s prosecutor announced he would open an investigation into ...
by Stephen J. Lyons Two weekends ago, crocuses bloomed in our Midwest garden. Temperatures reached 70 degrees. In the middle of the night, we experienced our first thunderstorm. Any day now, the mourning doves will signal the dawn as they return from Mexico — another signal of spring ...
Erik Herron’s interest and expertise is in Eastern Europe, and the WVU political professor was able to professionally deploy both during his studies 30 years ago. On the way to earning his doctorate, he worked for an agency in the Detroit area that helped refugee families from trouble ...